Hybrid Timber Floor System project receives Canadian grant funding
Posted: Sep 19th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsThe Government of Canada has contributed over $550,000 to the Hybrid Timber Floor System Project led by EllisDon and DIALOG. The project is funded through the Green Construction through Wood (GCWood) Program and the Investments[...]
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U of T Engineering professor on a mission to lower concrete’s carbon footprint
Posted: Oct 22nd, 2021In: ConstructionNewsPouring concrete into the construction of the house. Builders are pouring ready-mixed concrete in half (photo by twenty20photos via Envato Elements) By Tyler Irving, U of T News For Douglas Hooton, the main challenge of building[...]
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Most buildings were designed for an earlier climate – here’s what will happen as global warming accelerates
Posted: Jul 14th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsLunatictm/Shutterstock Ran Boydell, Heriot-Watt University Climate change will affect every aspect of our lives – including the buildings we live and work in. Most people in the US, for example, spend about 90% of their[...]
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3D printed home in Dutch city expands housing options
Posted: May 1st, 2021In: ConstructionNewsEINDHOVEN, Netherlands – Elize Lutz and Harrie Dekkers’ new home is a 94-square meter (1,011-square foot) two-bedroom bungalow that resembles a boulder with windows. The curving lines of its gray concrete walls look and feel[...]
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